FAA to hold San Anton Palace toursOne of the rooms at San Anton Palace.
Environment NGO Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar is holding architecture and history tours of San Anton Palace this Saturday to reveal its vernacular passive environmental strategies, climate-specific...
View ArticleMotorcyclist stopped for driving without helmet found to have stolen...
A motorbike rider who was flagged down by traffic policemen for not wearing a helmet, landed in greater trouble after it turned out that the motorcycle was stolen and that he was driving under the...
View ArticleDrug addict accused of stealing factory cablesThe law courts in Valletta.
A drug addict who allegedly stole metal cables from a Paola factory was remanded in custody upon arraignment on Wednesday. David Scicluna, 38 of Marsascala, was accused of aggravated theft, wilful...
View ArticleMan accused of abducting woman, sexual offencesThe law courts.
A man was remanded in custody on Wednesday after pleading not guilty to abducting a woman on the street and subjecting her to a sexual offence against her will. The woman, a Maltese whose name was...
View ArticleStock Exchange: BOV climbs to 2-month highThe Malta Stock Exchange.
The MSE Equity Price Index decreased by 0.25% to 3,546.919 points on Wednesday as declines in PG and VBL outweighed gains in BOV, Malita and Santumas. Six other equities closed unchanged as total...
View ArticleFund to help SMEs purchase machinery extended by another €2 millionEconomy...
A scheme to help small businesses purchase machinery has been extended by another €2 million after the original allocation was used up by applicants. Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said that the...
View ArticleAir Malta retirement, voluntary redundancy schemes cost €60.8m last yearAn...
€60.8 million were spent last year on Air Malta early retirement and voluntary redundancy schemes, benefiting 351 workers, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said in parliament. Replying to a question by...
View ArticleJuventus win appeal over stand closure for Lukaku racist abusePhoto: AFP
Juventus have won their appeal against a one-match stand closure for their fans racially abusing Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Wednesday. Fans will...
View ArticlePN demands perjury investigation after Keith Schembri's PAC testimonyMPs...
The Nationalist Party has asked the police to investigate a former minister, a former chief of staff and a former police assistant commissioner over alleged perjury. The party's members on the Public...
View ArticleUnderstanding the meaning and power of artArtist Vince Briffa will lead one...
A four-session course entitled ‘The meaning and power of art’ will be held in May at the Birkikara Oratory of the Missionary Society of St Paul (MSSP). It is aimed at introducing participants to the...
View ArticleBuilding contractor, former clerk accused of multi-million fraud, tax...
A building contractor and a former clerk were remanded in custody on Wednesday after being accused in court of criminal association, making false declarations to the tax commissioner, money laundering...
View ArticleMacron booed by angry French after signing pensions reformFrench President...
French President Emmanuel Macron was loudly booed by crowds in eastern France on Wednesday as he embarked on his first trip out of Paris since signing his unpopular pensions reform into law. Macron...
View ArticleRussian gets 21 years for cheesecake-poisoning of US doppelgangerA woman in...
A Russian-born woman was sentenced to 21 years in a US prison Wednesday for trying to kill her American lookalike with poisoned cheesecake and then stealing her identity. Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, was...
View ArticleInter set up all-Italian Champions League semi with MilanInter midfielder...
Inter set up a blockbuster derby in the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday after a 3-3 draw with Benfica saw the Italians through 5-3 on aggregate. Simone Inzaghi’s side will face local rivals...
View ArticleHaaland on target again as Man. City book Real Madrid semi-final...
Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals for the second straight year after an Erling Haaland goal secured a 1-1 draw and a 4-1 aggregate last-eight win over Bayern...
View ArticleSeminar on how to achieve a healthy work-life balanceGozo Business Chamber...
Gozo Business Chamber, in collaboration with Europe Direct Gozo and Bank of Valletta, will be organising a seminar on ‘Work Life Balance’, at the Arka Foundation Hall, Għajnsielem, on Friday, April...
View ArticleLetters to the editor - April 20, 2023Image: Times of Malta
Macron sees himself as EU leader It’s unfortunate that Ranier Fsadni’s piece (April 13) is headed ‘Macron gets it right’ when most observers in the Western democracies sound negative about the...
View ArticleShakespeare warms up - Ranier FsadniA William Shakespeare statue in Stratford...
The French call it the wit of the staircase. It’s the sublime retort that comes to you when it’s too late. You’re already going down the stairs, far from where the outrage took place, and you hit your...
View ArticleAnnouncements – April 20, 2023File photo: Times of Malta
Obituaries BRIFFA. On April 18, JOSEPH, aged 85, comforted by the rites of the Holy Church and lovingly cared for by his family, passed away peacefully at the Imperial Care Home, Sliema. His passing...
View ArticleA culture of responsible cannabis use - Leonid McKayThe ‘negative unintended...
Legislative changes, enacted in 2015, falling under the Drug Dependence (Treatment not Imprisonment) Act, and the more recent legislative amendments, introduced in 2021, partially decriminalising the...
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